Extreme Weathe for Sep 16

Good evening,

After having made landfall near Cabo San Lucas as a strong category 3, hurricane Odile is headed to the southwestern United States where it will unleash rounds of heavy rains and flooding downpours starting midweek and lasting into the weekend. 

Flash flooding will be of great concern to cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas and Flagstaff among other nearby and surrounding cities and the rain is expected to help decrease the ongoing droughts that have been gripping the west this summer. The silver lining to this system is that by the time Odile reaches the states, it will have weakened considerably reaching the region as a tropical storm or possibly even a depression with a decrease in threat as the week progresses. 

Thousands of miles away from the eastern coast of the United States, hurricane Edouard continues to spin in the Atlantic Ocean moving towards the northeast at 13 mph. Close to becoming a category 3 storm, Edouard is expected to take a turn to the north and remain far from land with only rough surf conditions being the main hazard affecting the eastern coast beaches this weekend.  

Enjoy your evening,
Jen Gonzalez